Page 14 - The Ontario Curriculum, Grades 9 and 10: Science, 2008 (revised)

Courses in Science, Grades 9 and 10*
Grade
Course Name
Course Type
Course Code
Credit Value
Prerequisite
9
9
10
science
science
science
Academic
snC2D
1
Grade 9 science, Academic or Applied
10
science
Applied
snC2P
1
Grade 9 science, Academic or Applied
THE ONTARIO CURRICULUM, GRADES 9 AND 10 | science
Students who successfully complete the academic or applied course in Grade 9 may pro- ceed to either the academic or the applied course in Grade 10.
The Grade 10 academic and applied courses prepare students for particular destination- related courses in Grade 11, for which prerequisites are specified in the Grade 11 and 12 curriculum policy document. The Grade 11 and 12 science curriculum offers university preparation, university/college preparation, college preparation, and workplace preparation courses. When choosing courses in Grades 9 and 10, students, with the help of parents and educators, should carefully consider their strengths, interests, and needs, as well as their postsecondary goals and the course pathways that will enable them to reach those goals.
It should be noted that successful completion of either the academic or the applied Grade 9 course allows students to proceed directly to the Grade 11 workplace preparation course, and successful completion of the Grade 10 applied course allows them to proceed directly to the Grade 12 workplace preparation course.
Locally Developed Compulsory Credit Courses (LDCCs)
School boards may offer up to two locally developed compulsory credit courses in science – a Grade 9 course and/or a Grade 10 course2 – that may be used to meet the compulsory credit requirement in science for one or both of these grades.3 The locally developed Grade 9 and/or 10 compulsory credit courses prepare students for success in the Grade 11 work- place preparation course, and the Grade 10 course prepares them for success in the Grade 12 workplace preparation course.
Academic snC1D 1 none
Applied snC1P 1 none
* see preceding text for information about Grade 9 and 10 locally developed compulsory credit science courses.
1
2. Policy/Program Memorandum No. 134, issued September 13, 2004, states that boards may offer “one Grade 9 course in English, in mathematics, and in science and one Grade 10 course in English, in mathematics, and either in science or in Canadian history that can be counted as a compulsory credit in that discipline”.
3. If a student successfully completes both an LDCC course in Grade 9 or Grade 10 science and a curriculum course in science in the same grade, the principal may grant a credit for each course. The two credits may be used to meet the compulsory credit requirement for science.